Here we are today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness. Here we are #– #slaves in it!
2 Chronicles 12:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised However, they will become his servants so that they may recognise the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, that they may know [the difference between] My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. Common English Bible Nevertheless, they will be subject to him so that they learn the difference between serving me and serving other nations. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, they shall serve him, so that they may know the difference between my servitude, and the servitude of a kingdom of the lands." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth. |
Here we are today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness. Here we are #– #slaves in it!
Lord our God, lords other than you have owned us, but we remember your name alone.
Discipline me, Lord, but with justice – not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing.
Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.
These are the nations the Lord left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan.
This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.